Europe reconsidered : perceptions of the West in nineteenth century Bengal

A history of the changing perceptions and attitudes in nineteenth-century Bengal - at a time of social, cultural, and intellectual confrontation with the West - through a detailed consideration of the ideas of three men: Bhudev Mukhopadhyay, Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay, and Swami Vivekananda. Analysis of the views of Bhūdeba Mukhopādhyāẏa, 1827-1894, Bankim Chandra Chatterji, 1838-1894, and Swami Vivekananda, 1863-1902, Indian intellectuals. Explores the westernizing revolution in the Asian world of ideas through a study of three Bengali intellectuals and their perceptions of the West. Tapan Raychaudhuri. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [347]-351.